[Buddha-l] Re: New trans. of petry of the Sixth DL

[jkirk]

 Steve Collins used to refer to Buddhist bhikkhus as tramps and
> bums, arguing that these English terms come much closer than terms like
> "monk" at capturing what the word "bhikkhu" meant to speakers of Indic
> languages at the time of the Buddha.
> 
> -- 
> Richard Hayes
> http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes
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Who was or is Steve Collins and what did he publish in this field?
His style sounds appealing......
Joanna